13:00.65N  61:14.51W

 

Monday 17 to Sunday 23 February 2014

 

Distance Run  27 nm

 

The anchor was lifted at around 8.30 am and we motored clear of Mayreau and unfurled the sails.  This was the view of Saline Bay as we left:-

 

 

 

After about 8 miles we passed the island of Canouan which has very little on it apart from an expensive resort built by Donald Trump.  Just to the north of the island the seas were rather lumpy but after about half an hour they settled down and we had a good sail to Admiralty Bay on Bequia.  We anchored soon after 1pm near Nanook II and settled down for lunch in the cockpit taking in the view.

 

We left a telephone message with an engineer, Peter Simpson, who comes highly recommended, and over the next few days he came to listen to and later investigate our engine buzzing/ticking noise.  The noise seemed to stop whenever the alternator belt was removed so the main suspects were either the engine freshwater pump (as opposed to the saltwater pump) or the alternator bearings.  Peter felt there was play in the water pump and that the best bet would be to visit the main Volvo engine distributor for the Caribbean, Inboard Diesel in Martinique, for confirmation and repair.  He also felt the engine was safe to use - ‘probably’.  I got Peter back on Friday to help me change the engine stop solenoid as I didn’t have the right tools for the restricted access.

 

On Tuesday Anne and Peter on Spice of Life arrived which was a surprise as we had heard that they had had a fraught time in Grenada and might not be going anywhere.  We also learnt that Smart Move and Mai Tai were in the bay so it was a little like being in Grenada all over again.  Sure enough two games of Mexican Train with the above suspects and Nanook were arranged ashore during the week.

 

 

 

A picture of Admiralty Bay taken from the ‘pointy end’ showing the recently re-caulked’ teak decks.  Windsurf is at anchor in the distance just to the left:-

 

 

 

 

 

A better picture of the Windsurf.  We had a very nice cruise on this boat a few years ago:-

 

 

 

 

 

Sunset in Admiralty Bay:-